Tod Riggio

There’s an interesting report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies that states that more than half of U.S. households are now headed by someone 50 and over.

The furniture artist got a call from the gallery owner.

For over 30 years, Woodshop News has been a trusted source for small- to medium-sized shops.

To my fellow procrastinators, it’s time to register, book a flight and find a hotel for the International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta.

Beginning June 1, composite wood products that are sold, supplied, offered for sale, manufactured or imported in the United States will need to be labeled as compliant to the Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule on formaldehyde emission standards.

Let’s start with a few random thoughts…  We remodeled our kitchen 12 years ago with a new dishwasher and refrigerator.

When shopping for materials, I’m mostly looking at quality. Sure, I’d like to save a few bucks, but I’m expecting to pay a premium price for premium stock.

Growing up in the 70s, I was a regular viewer of the private detective shows. Cannon, Mannix, Barnaby Jones were all pretty good, but for my money no one could touch Jim Rockford in the Rockford Files.

It’s been a depressing couple of months ... devastating hurricanes, rampant wildfires, a massacre in Las Vegas, losing Tom Petty, and the straw that broke my camel’s back, the United States’ failure to qualify for the World Cup.

A common conversation starter at AWFS is to ask, “How’s the show going for you?” This year’s answer was generally quite positive, which says a lot about the health of the economy and the high expectations that were apparently met.

Merger and acquisitions have been the talk of the woodworking industry in recent months. Let’s start with SawStop’s purchase by Festool parent company TTS Tooltechnic Systems.

How to make a big show work for you